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For many of Gov. Brown’s constituents, this may mean little, because she is married to a man, and has been for many years. The adjective becomes easy to explain away, then; bisexuality is often dismissed as something made up, a risqué adolescent antic, something college girls do to impress boys. Last January, Lisa Diamond, a scholar of sexual orientation, told the reporter Michael Schulman that many people feel bisexuality “is a transitional stage or a form of being in the closet,” but that in fact it’s more common than strictly same-sex attraction.

Before we get ahead of ourselves, let's just remember that this is Oregon, and not say... Alabama.

Re: Does It Matter That Oregon's New Governor Is Bisexual?

Only in that she takes a very unbalanced approach to homosexual rights. She allows her sexuality to influence her policies...

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